Strong Lensing Effect and Quasinormal Modes of Oscillations of Black Holes in $\boldsymbol{f(R,T)}$ Gravity Theory

Abstract: In this work, we analyze the strong lensing phenomenon and quasinormal modes (QNMs) in the case of black holes (BHs) surrounded by fluids within the framework of $f(R,T)$ gravity, adopting a minimally coupled model of the theory. Our analysis is conducted for three surrounding fields corresponding to three different values of the parameter $\omega$ of the equations of state, each representing a unique class of BH solutions. A universal method developed by V.~Bozza is employed for strong lensing analysis and the WKB approximation method to compute the QNMs of oscillation of the BHs. The influence of the model parameter $\beta$ on the deflection angle and associated lensing coefficients is analyzed. Our findings on lensing reveal that smaller values of $\beta$ cause photon divergence at larger impact parameters, with the results converging to the Schwarzschild limit as $\beta\to -16.7551$ for (for $\omega=0)$, $\beta\to -18.8495$ (for $\omega=1/3)$ and $\beta\to -13.7088$ (for $\omega=-2/3)$. Extending the analysis to the supermassive BH SgrA*, we examine the outermost Einstein rings, estimate three lensing observables: angular position $\vartheta_{\infty}$, angular separation $s$ and relative magnification $r_\text{mag}$ for the BHs. For a specific value of $\beta$, BHs with different field configurations exhibit substantial variations in their observable properties. The variation of amplitude and damping of QNMs with respect to the model parameter $\beta$ is analyzed for the BHs. We found that the $\beta$ parameter has a direct correlation with the amplitude and an inverse relation with the damping of the QNMs. Further, we use the time domain analysis to verify the results and found a good match between the two methods.